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Fans Remember Music Icon Prince

April 22, 2016

The 57-year-old artist died Thursday morning at his home outside the northern U.S. city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born Prince Rogers Nelson, the multi-talented and influential musician is known for such songs as "1999," "Little Red Corvette," and "Purple Rain," the title track of his breakthrough 1984 album and movie.

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1British national newspapers' front pages leading with the story about the death of U.S. musician Prince are displayed, April 22, 2016.

2A sign above the Mayor Clinic in Minneapolis, April 22, 2016, asks people to wear purple in memory of the pop super star Prince who died Thursday at the age of 57.

3Flowers lay on a T-shirt signed by fans of singer Prince at a makeshift memorial place created outside Apollo Theatre in New York, April 22, 2016.

4Visitors look at a 1993 photograph of musician Prince by Lynn Goldsmith at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., April 22, 2016. . The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is recognizing the life and accomplishments of Prince with the photograph by Goldsmith. It will be installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space.